From: tlvargo@sbcglobal.netz   
      
   On 12/2/2015 2:18 PM, foxidrive wrote:   
   > On 3/12/2015 02:13, Kerr Mudd-John wrote:   
   >> On Wed, 02 Dec 2015 14:54:35 -0000, Ammammata    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I have a text file, about 860,000 lines: I need to know the lenght of   
   >>> the   
   >>> longest line   
   >>>   
   >>> can I do it with a batch? I'm using Windows7   
   >>>   
   >> No that's far too big. use C.   
   >   
   > I'm not sure why you say that - as you can't tell by the number of   
   > lines.  :)   
   > If the longest line is over 8 KB then vanilla batch may baulk.   
   >   
   > Other solutions exist that batch files can use to get the max line length.   
   >   
      
   Also, since the contents of said file are unknown, it is recommended to   
   pursue those other solutions to avoid much heartache. :)   
      
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